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April 13, 2006
Spily^y Tyrnoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Gaming board elects officers
The Warm Springs Gaming
Enterprise Board o f Directors
has selected new officers for the
2006 year.
The gaming enterprise over
see Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert
Resort and Casino, and the gam
ing expansion project at Cascade
Locks.
The newly appointed officers
o f the e n terp rise are K en
Smith, chairman; Ed Manion,
vice-ch airm an ; and A urolyn
Stwyer, secretary-treasurer.
Together, the three individu
als will provide the enterprise
with experience and knowledge
in the gaming and resort fields,
said Je ff Ford, gam ing enter
prise chief executive officer.
Gaming enterprise chairman
Smith also serves as chairman
of the Coquille Economic De
velopment Corporation, which
includes the Mill Casino. Smith
is also a former assistant Secre
tary of the Interior for Indian
A ffairs, and form er gen eral
manager and secretary-treasurer
of the Confederated Tribes.
G am ing en terp rise v ice
ch airm an Ed M anion has
served on the Kah-Nee-Ta and
gaming enterprise board since
1998.
Prior to retirement in 1996,
Ed worked for many years for
the Confederated Tribes. Posi
tions included construction man
ager, Utilities manager and com
munity services manager.
His affiliation with Kah-Nee-
Ta has been a long one. When
the resort was still in its infancy,
2006 Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Presents
Manion was Kah-Nee-Ta’s Vil
lage manager.
Gaming enterprise secretary-
treasurer Aurolyn Stwyer was
appointed this year by Tribal
Council to the gaming board.
She brings extensive gaming
experience from work at Mys
tic Lake, and at Indian Head
during the early years.
Stwyer’s recent entrepreneur
ial work includes Red Skye As
sociates and Mistletoe Logging.
For six years Stwyer was an ad
junct professor of Business at
Heritage University.
She also serves on the Na
tional Indian Gaming Associa
tion A dvisory Board for the
American Indian Business Net
works.
Day at the park raises abuse awareness
Last Friday was a day off
school for kids in the 509-J
School District, and the Warm
Springs C hildren’s Protective
Services made it a day children
to have fun at Elm er Quinn
Park and raise awareness for
Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Nearly 100 youths gathered
at the park under w arm and
m ostly sunny skies and com
peted in either a skateboard skills
competition on the wavy skate
board course, or a three-on-three
basketball tournam ent, half
court shooting contest or free
throw contest. The younger chil
dren had a coloring contest.
A couple tables full of prizes,
including items like sports cloth-
ing, skateboards, sporting goods
and wireless telephones were
available as prizes during the
day.
Warm Springs CPS director
Rebecca Main said the event
was meant as a positive event
for kids on the reservation to
play and participate while rais
ing awareness for Child Abuse
Prevention Month.
She said the “door prizes,”
most of which were purchased
by W arm Springs CPS w ith
some donated item s, were of
such variety the kids could pick
out whatever kind of prize they
each wanted.
Skateboard contest winners
were as follows: 15-17 year-old
Memorial
and Stone Setting
A H ealth and Safety Education
Day & Diabetes Conference for
Em ployees & C om m u nity
^Diabetes Education
^Prevention Education
^Workplace Safety Education
^Health & Safety Exhibits
^Entertainment by Native Duo
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d iv isio n ,
1st,
L eigh to n
Pennington (skateboard and
shirt); 2nd, Marten Smith ($50
g ift c e rtific a te ); 3rd, C arlos
Reynoso, (helm et, kneepads,
shirt, $25 gift certificate); 4th,
Lawrence Caldera (backpack,
$25 gift certificate); 5th, Anthony
Caldera, (shirt, $25 gift certifi
cate); 6th, Ford Fuiava (back
pack).
12-14 year-old division: 1st,
Israii M. (bike skooter, shirt);
2nd, Damien Reynoso ($50 gift
certificate); 3rd, Andrew Lujan
(helmet, kneepad, shirt, $25 gift
certificate); 4th, Coder Clements
(backpack); 5th, Joe Willis (shirt);
6th, Christopher Lay (backpack);
7th, Soraya M. (shirt).
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James & Ernie
^Prizes, Raffle, & Lunch during the
event.
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N ex t deadline to
subm it item s to the
Spilyay Tyrnoo is
Friday, A p ril 21.
— April 29, 2006 —
Silas M. Poitra
Robert W. Williams
All friends, family, relatives
and warriors are invited.
Agency Cemetery 10 a.m.
Dinner and Giveaway to follow
Warm Springs Shaker Church
All Products Prepared Fresh Dally
Entrees Roasted Daily
Featuring Hand Cut USDA Choice Steaks
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